SPECIAL USES. Borders.
Cassiope lycopodioides Ericaceae
Low evergreen from two to three inches high and formed in a fat dome of the same width. Needle-like leaves are tiny and overlap like shingles. Has white bell flowers in spring.
CARE. Moist and cool, part shade, soil peaty or sandy and acid. Suffers in long hot summers or drought. Native of Siberia and Alaska.
PROPAGATION. Cuttings from mature wood in August (root under glass), layering, seeds.
SPECIAL USES. Rock and trough gardens.
Chaenomeles (Cydonia) Rosaceae Japanese Quince, Flowering Quince
Deciduous or semideciduous shrub with alternate toothed leaves of shiny green tone. Blooms in spring before leaves appear, in shades of white or pink. Later forms hard, quince-like fruit that is fragrant.
CARE. Almost any soil, but if fertile more flowers; drainage; partial shade produces more flowers. Top-dress in spring with garden fertilizer. Can be pruned for hedges (not too much).
PROPAGATION. Seeds (plant in spring and stratify), root cuttings, cuttings from ripe wood (root under glass), layering, grafting.